Overall, I'd say this was a decent series. It's a story that I think had a lot of potential, with most of it wasted by bad acting and a weak script. I did enjoy watching it, but here are just a few things I found wrong with it.
Most of my complaints are with the characters themselves and with the writing, quite notably the part of DG. The character is interesting enough, but Zooey Deschanel was quite frankly the wrong choice for this part. The character of DG, in my mind, is supposed to be strong and fiery, and yet strangely vulnerable. She needs to have a sense of innocence around her despite her strong wills, which she did not have at all in this series. She was bland, showed no emotions in her performance and delivered her lines flatly. What was even worse was when she actually TRIED to get emotional. Totally not believable.
Besides her, I liked the other characters very much. My main problem concerning them, however, is the writing and the script. The dialogue isn't believable, for the most part. What really bother me, though, is that I don't think there was enough explanation and insight into some of the characters. It was mentioned in the series that when someone is locked in the tin box, they never come out the same as they were. This is obvious with Cain, as he emerges cold and nearly heartless. We never find out, though, exactly the kind of person he was before hand. Maybe it's not necessary to the plot, but it's often the characters that make the story, and not the plot itself. Also, we eventually find out that it is not actually Azkadellia herself causing all this havoc, but a wicked witch possessing her. It also appears that at times Azkadellia has a limited amount of control. I wish they had dropped more subtle hints that it's not quite Az herself who is doing all this.
I think my biggest issue with the series though, is the ending. No, not the ending itself, but rather that it just ends abruptly. I would have liked to have seen them rebuilding the O.Z, Glitch getting his brain back, and maybe DG wanting to go on another adventure with some clever quip about how that's what caused this whole thing in the first place, along with revealing what happens to the rest of the characters.
I did like it overall though, despite these problems. Though I must note that it was quite slow, but it would pick up just in time for the part to end. There were also too many commercials. I must have seen the maniacal pony 50 times.
Most of my complaints are with the characters themselves and with the writing, quite notably the part of DG. The character is interesting enough, but Zooey Deschanel was quite frankly the wrong choice for this part. The character of DG, in my mind, is supposed to be strong and fiery, and yet strangely vulnerable. She needs to have a sense of innocence around her despite her strong wills, which she did not have at all in this series. She was bland, showed no emotions in her performance and delivered her lines flatly. What was even worse was when she actually TRIED to get emotional. Totally not believable.
Besides her, I liked the other characters very much. My main problem concerning them, however, is the writing and the script. The dialogue isn't believable, for the most part. What really bother me, though, is that I don't think there was enough explanation and insight into some of the characters. It was mentioned in the series that when someone is locked in the tin box, they never come out the same as they were. This is obvious with Cain, as he emerges cold and nearly heartless. We never find out, though, exactly the kind of person he was before hand. Maybe it's not necessary to the plot, but it's often the characters that make the story, and not the plot itself. Also, we eventually find out that it is not actually Azkadellia herself causing all this havoc, but a wicked witch possessing her. It also appears that at times Azkadellia has a limited amount of control. I wish they had dropped more subtle hints that it's not quite Az herself who is doing all this.
I think my biggest issue with the series though, is the ending. No, not the ending itself, but rather that it just ends abruptly. I would have liked to have seen them rebuilding the O.Z, Glitch getting his brain back, and maybe DG wanting to go on another adventure with some clever quip about how that's what caused this whole thing in the first place, along with revealing what happens to the rest of the characters.
I did like it overall though, despite these problems. Though I must note that it was quite slow, but it would pick up just in time for the part to end. There were also too many commercials. I must have seen the maniacal pony 50 times.